Civil Engineering - GATE Exam Questions
Exercise : GATE Exam Questions - Section 2
16.
To have zero active pressure intensity at the tip of a wall in cohesive soil, one should apply a uniform surcharge intensity of
17.
The following characteristics pertain to the sand filters used in water industry.
Which of the above characteristics pertain to slow sand filters ?
- Filtration rate is 1 to 4 m3 (m2 day).
- Typical duration of operation in one run is 24 to 72 hours.
- Operating cost is low.
Which of the above characteristics pertain to slow sand filters ?
18.
Effective length of a rafter member between two nodes at a distance L, perpendicular to the plane of the truss, is : .
19.
Consistency Index for a clayer soil is [LL = Liquid Limit, PL = Plastic Limit, PI = Plas-ticity Index, W - natural moisture content]
LL - PL
0.5 w
20.
The slope of the elastic curve at the free end of a cantilever beam of span L, and with fluxural rigidity EI, subjected to uniformly distributed load of intensity w is
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